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TARGET COLLEGES

 

Ivy League

MOST SELECTIVE

- acceptance rate < 15%
- ACT (25%tile) > 30
- SAT (25%tile) > 1370

Amherst College
Barnard College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
California Institute of Technology
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth University
Duke University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Pomona College
Princeton University
Rice University
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
Tufts University
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
Vanderbilt University
Washington University
Williams College
Yale University

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EXTREMELY SELECTIVE

- acceptance rate < 35%
- ACT (25%tile) > 29
- SAT (25%tile) > 1340

Bates College
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Bucknell University
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Colgate University
Colorado College
Cooper Union
Davidson College
Emory University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
Lehigh University
Middlebury College
New York University
Northeastern University
Reed College
Scripps College
Smith College
Trinity College
Trinity University
Tulane University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Miami
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Notre Dame
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of Virginia
Vassar College
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University

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VERY SELECTIVE

- acceptance rate < 50%
- ACT (25%tile) > 27
- SAT (25%tile) > 1280

American University
Babson College
Bard College
Bentley University
Bryn Mawr College
Clemson University
College of the Holy Cross
College of William and Mary
Colorado School of Mines
Connecticut College
Denison University
Dickinson College
Emerson College
Fordham University
Franklin and Marshall College
George Washington University
Kenyon College
Lafayette College
Loyola Marymount University
Macalester College
Mount Holyoke College
North Carolina State University
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Pitzer College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhodes College
SUNY at Binghamton
Santa Clara University
Skidmore College
Stevens Institute of Technology
Syracuse University
Union College
United States Air Force Academy
United States Military Academy
United States Naval Academy
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Maryland, College Park
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Texas at Austin
University of Washington
Whitman College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute